Storyline 360: Adjusting Video Properties

You can customize these properties for embedded videos in Storyline 360:

Its volume in relation to the overall course audio
Where it appears on the slide and when it plays
Whether it includes built-in player controls
Whether it's compressed during publishing
Its alternative text and closed captions
How it's sized and arranged with other objects on the slide

To access video properties, click once on the video you want to edit, then go to the Options tab on the ribbon.

Working with Video Options

You can use any of these options for embedded videos:

Preview	Play the selected video. Click the button again to stop it.
Video Volume	Adjust the relative volume of your video. Low lowers the volume to 50% of its original level. Medium sets the volume to 100%, meaning the original volume remains unchanged. This is the default option. High raises the volume to 150% of its original level. Mute silences the video. This option isn't supported for website videos.
Edit Video	Customize the video. When the built-in video editor opens, you can trim and crop to show only the parts you want, adjust the volume, brightness, and contrast to enhance quality, and add a logo or watermark for branding. This option isn't supported for website videos.
Show Video	Choose whether to display the video in the slide or a new browser window.
Play Video	Choose one of these options to decide when you want the video to start playing. This property will be grayed out if you display the video in a new browser window—see above. Automatically plays the video as soon as the slide's timeline reaches the start of the video object. To learn about the timeline, read this user guide. When clicked plays the video when learners click it. From trigger plays the video when a specific event has occurred, such as clicking a button. To learn about triggers, read this user guide. This option isn't supported for website videos. Usually, learners need to click on web videos to play them. Some browsers still allow web videos to autoplay if the autoplay feature is enabled in your embed code, but most browsers block media from autoplaying.
Video Controls	Enable accessible video controls and pick a dark or light theme color for them. Choose Show none to omit accessible video controls. If you're using the classic player, choose Below video from the drop-down to add a separate legacy playbar to the video, so learners can play, pause, rewind, and fast forward it. Choose None to omit the separate playbar for the video. This option isn't supported for website videos.
Compression	Choose Automatic from the drop-down to have Storyline 360 compress your video files when you publish. Choose None if you don’t want to compress your video files. Video quality will be higher, but the file will also be larger. This option is only supported for WebM videos and MP4 videos created with baseline, main, or high profiles. All other video files are compressed when published.
Add Captions Edit Captions	This option will change depending on whether your video already has captions. Click it to open the closed captions editor, where you can fine-tune imported captions or quickly add new ones with the help of caption placeholders already synced with your video.
Import Export Delete	Import, export, and delete closed captions. Read this user guide for details.
Arrange	Arrange the video alongside other slide objects.
Size	Resize the video on the slide. Enter values in pixels. The aspect ratio of your video stays the same—changing one value will automatically adjust the other.

Additional Right-Click Options for Working with Videos

You can access several more video options by right-clicking a video placeholder:

Group	Group a video with other slide objects. This is useful if you want to rotate a video. Although videos can't be rotated on their own, they can be rotated when grouped with another object.
Bring to Front Send to Back	Arrange your video with other slide objects.
Preview Video	Play the selected video. Click anywhere outside the video to stop it.
Edit Video	Edit your video using the built-in video editor. This option isn't supported for website videos.
Change Embed Code	Modify the embed code. This option is only supported for website videos.
Replace Video	Replace the original video without losing your video properties. Choose a Video from File, browse Content Library 360 Videos, select a video from the Media Library, or Record a webcam video.
Export Video	Export the video from Storyline 360. The file saves in MP4 or WebM format, depending on the video file you added to your project.
Show in Media Library	View the video in the media library.
Set Poster Frame	Assign a placeholder image to your video. Choose a Picture from File or browse Content Library 360 Photos. This is especially useful if you've configured your video to play only when learners click it. The poster frame will be visible to learners until they click it to play the video. To remove the poster frame, right-click the video again and select Remove Poster Frame.
Export Frame as Picture	Export a video frame as an image from Storyline 360. It saves as a PNG file.
Rename	Change the default names (Video 1, Video 2, etc.) assigned to videos in Storyline 360. Another way to rename videos and other objects is to use the timeline.
Size and Position	Specify an exact size and position for your video. To learn about the Size and Position window, read this user guide.
Accessibility	Open the Size and Position window directly to the Accessibility tab, where you can add alt text and closed captions.